Cooper v. Occoquan Land Development Corp.

Opinion

BENTON, J.

This appeal arises from a circuit court’s dismissal of an appeal from a decision of the State Technical Review Board (the Board). We are asked to consider (1) whether the notice of appeal of the Board’s decision was timely filed; (2) whether the Board had jurisdiction to hear the appeal from the local building code appeals board; and (3) whether certain building permits were properly revoked by the local building official for false statements or misrepresentations of fact in the applications. We answer each question in the affirmative, and, because the Board’s determination…